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According to the spokesperson, more than 50 people have already responded to today’s tender to increase the equipment. However, they would first have to be tested for suitability and then of course trained. “But we hope we can fill the void soon.”
Alarming numbers in the west
The failure occurred at an inopportune time: on Tuesday afternoon, the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) dashboard showed record values for the seven-day incidents, especially for the western federal states of Vorarlberg, Tirol. and Salzburg. New coronavirus infections in the last week were just below or already above the alarming value of 300 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Specifically, Tirol had an incidence of 300.5, Vorarlberg at 299.3 and Salzburg at 292.0. Austria reached 214.1 in total, the federal capital Vienna at 241.1. For comparison: on October 16, not even two weeks ago, Tirol and Salzburg each had 139.8, Vorarlberg 124.8. The measures taken by the federal government and the respective states to contain the coronavirus have not prevented the number of infections from galloping away. This doesn’t just apply to the West: in Vienna on October 16, the seven-day incidence was 134.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. This doesn’t just apply to the west: in Vienna on October 16, the seven-day incidence was 134.5 per 100,000 population.
Schwaz’s intense red light district
With regard to individual districts, Schwaz in Tiroler Unterland is the new leader in the whole of Austria with a seven-day incidence of 560.4 ahead of Dornbirn (465.0) in Vorarlberg, the Salzburg Pongau (454.2), the Ried district im Innkreis in Upper Austria (452.6) and Salzburg Tennengau (452.2). By the way, the Hintertux Glacier belongs to the Schwaz district, where skiers queuing and ignoring the minimum distance caused a sensation.
In Salzburg, all districts now have an incidence of seven days above the 200 mark. The same applies to Vorarlberg. In Tyrol, the remote Ausserfern, the Reutte district, has 97.9, Kitzbühel and East Tyrol at 133.1 and 194.9, respectively. All other districts are in some cases more than 200, the state capital Innsbruck is now even at 405.0.
